CARDELLA v. ROBINSON

No. 39,663-CA.

903 So.2d 613 (2005)

Charles P. CARDELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Alton R. ROBINSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Boles Law Firm by P. Scott Wolleson, Monroe, for Appellant, Charles P. Cardella.

Pujol & Pryor by Timothy E. Pujol, Brittany A. Keaton, Prairieville, for Appellees, Alton Robinson and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

The Schwab Law Firm by Jerry Hugh Schwab, Houma, for Appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and DREW, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

The plaintiff, Charles P. Cardella, appeals from the granting of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The trial court found that a driver who allowed his intoxicated adult passenger to exit his car owed no duty to the plaintiff, a motorist who struck and killed the passenger when he walked into interstate traffic. We affirm.

FACTS

On July 5, 2002, shortly after 9:00 p.m., Levon Wilson was a passenger in a car driven by Alton Robinson...

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